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What You Should Know About the Battle Between the Amazon Kindle and the Sony PRS-600
Many people acknowledge the amazon Kindle as the king of e-readers, as reflected in the Kindle review. However, as the Sony PRS-600 and 300 are about to be released, the challenge has began. Although the details are not that clear yet, there are things that have already been confirmed. First, the existence of the devices has been established by Sony. Then some details about what they offer were also given. This is what should make Amazon a little bit anxious about the situation.
As a consumer, the price would be your utmost concern. Kindle 2, which is known for being an older model ever since Kindle DX was introduced in the market, is available for about 260 dollars, while the newly released Sony PRS-600 is nearly at the same price. Looking at a marketing point of view, what Sony is trying to do here is to target consumers who are not willing to spend almost 500 dollars to purchase a Kindle DX but are looking for newer options. Sony claims that they would also be identifying themselves with the 9.99 dollars price for both new releases and best sellers, confirming the company’s intention to compete with Amazon. With their pricing scheme, Sony certainly has a lot to offer.
One of the features worth looking into with Sony’s new electronic book readers is the touch screen feature. The only other e-reader where this feature is found is the 1000-dollar FLEPia. The touch screen allows you to take advantage of additional space where buttons would usually take up. This indicates that the device would then be lighter and a bit smaller. The screen is about 6 inches in size, and a mere 10 ounces. Its thickness is about 4 inches. It is compact, yet is more advanced compared to other readers that you may come across.
You would probably also be excited to check out if this device indeed has a flexible screen. While Sony hasn’t confirmed on this feature yet but the manual itself states that there are flexible features of the device. This has then lead to various speculations that the device consists of an unbreakable and yet a bendable screen, a great breakthough in technology.
The introduction of Sony PRS-600 as well as Sony PRS-300 can be very intriguing and interesting. The PRS-600 includes a built-in dictionary, a stylus freehand writing feature and a library suite software which can be supported by an ordinary PC and Mac. With 380MB storage capacity, it can also expand its battery life for about 7,500 pages. With such an impressive array of features and With the indications that these models will soon be available for a reasonable price, consumers might just put off purchasing a Kindle 2 until the release of Sony PRS-300 and 600.